ART FAIRS:Paris Internationale 2019

Throughout the years, Paris Internationale has established itself as a new model in the ecosystem of international contemporary art fairs. Forward thinking and collaborative, free spirited and audacious, this non-profit fair was founded in 2015 on the initiative of five galleries. Since its creation, the fair has been offered a rich selection of cutting-edge artistic projects presented by galleries from around the world.

By Efi Michalarou
Photo: Paris Internationale Archive

Paris Internationale, previously nomadic, is settling down at 16 rue Alfred de Vigny, the home of 2018 edition. The fair encompasses the four floors of the Hausmannian building, close to the Grand Palais. Paris Internationale is a gathering place to exchange ideas. It welcomes the developments of young generations of galleries and artists. The fair renews its support to contemporary creation by welcoming 42 galleries this year and by collaborating with independent and self-managed artists spaces. Paris Internationale’s 2019 team has selected 8 nonprofit projects out of the 150 applications received and presents The Performance Agency and Paris Ass Book Fair as part of the fair’s program. The fair renews its support to contemporary creation by partnering with independent spaces or self-managed by artists projects and has selected 8 nonprofit projects out of the 150 applications received. 2019 SELECTION: 650 mAh (Hove) offers a “Vape Lounge”, a critic of VIP Lounges that bloom during art fairs; a common “vaping” space that is inclusive and relaxing for everyone at the fair, selling 650mAaaah e-liquids; a range of five artist designed e-liquids. 1856 (Melbourne) presents a show featuring artists Patricia L. Boyd, Lauren Burrow and Fred Lonidier. Full-Fall (Milan) by Davide Stucchi and Mattia Ruffolo, introduces hives imagined by artists in connection with the disappearance of bees, in the garden of the fair. Goswell Road (Paris), founded by the French-English artistic duo Ruiz-Stephinson, features transgender artist Chris Korda who, after 15 years away from the art scene, is currently seeing recognition for his “eco-conscious” project of a “Church of Euthanasia” La Plage (Paris), supports an unprecedented project by Stéphanie Lagarde, combining a video that has never been shown in France before, a sitting resuming the layout of a garden à la Le Nôtre and a sculptural installation made of embroidered scarves. Sang Bleu (London) and its founder Maxime Büchi will perform tattoo performances on site and will show woks of Hugh Scott-Douglas and Simon Paccaud. Shivers Only (Paris) shows a series of sculptures in brass and copper by the French artist Julien Monnerie. Tirana Art Center (Tirana) teams up with Albanian artist Anri Sala who will broadcast his “TAXI” audio project produced with other contemporary artists in partner taxis of the fair. PROGRAMMING OF THE FAIR : The Performance Agency : For the 5th edition of Paris Internationale, The Performance Agency presents: “The Clockwork (privately public, publicly private)”, an interactive TV Studio that takes shape in the retro-futuristic stage titled House of Trouble (H.O.T.) conceived by the artist Stephanie Stein. During the opening hours of the fair, public speeches are filmed, recorded, and streamed on-site and broadcast on the TV channel Souvenirs from Earth. Speakers from all backgrounds (politics, arts, academia, research, civil society,…) are invited to formulate ideas on the notion of transformation. The Clockwork approaches the speech in the widest sense of the word, as declamations can be sung, silenced, or translated into body movements. The speech becomes performance, becomes manifest. Paris Ass Book Fair is an international fair that brings together publishers of artist’s books and fanzines, booksellers, and artists who approach print as a medium in its own right. Their publications take on a wide range of formats: fanzines, books, clothes, multiples, comics and literature. What they share is a desire to explore taboos, sex and gender – and all of their representations and troubles – as playful, poetic and political subjects. The Paris Ass Book Fair is a meeting place for artists, publishers, booksellers and amateurs that looks to stimulate exchange and creativity in a spirit of openness, inventiveness and mutual respect. In a global context where reactionary forces are on the rise, threatening our rights and our freedoms, Paris Ass Book Fair seeks to contribute to the expression and the circulation of forms, images, speech and writing which promote the value of difference and respect for the other. The 2019 edition of the Paris Ass Book Fair will take place at the Palais de Tokyo 5th – 7th April, and will bring together around 60 publishers, booksellers and artists from around the world. It will also feature an ongoing cultural programme of talks and events.

Info: Paris Internationale 16, Rue Alfred de Vigny, Paris, duration 16-20/10/19, Days & Hours: Tue (15/10 invitations only) Preview: 11:00-17:00, Opening: 17:00-20:00, Wed-Sat (16-21/10) 12:00-20:00, Sun (22/10) 12:00-18:00, Admission: free of charge but requires registration, https://parisinternationale.com